Spot the two pieces of aircraft here that make this diorama relevant to an aviation modelling site. Yes, I'm sure you got them: two Luftwaffe unit badges (decals on tin foil) stuck on the protective wooden fence which - with the pointing officer figure - make the little story for this model.

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I like Zvezda kits: they're usually well-detailed and good value for money as was this one. You get four (slightly skinny) figures plus the gun which turned out nicely. Only alteration I made was to change the pair of large sights for old photo-etch (actually Me109 cockpit internals).

Other standing figures are softish plastic from Caesar Miniatures while the motorcyclist is the venerable old Airfix moulding with thinner handlebars; chest gasmask bags had to be made from Milliput too to match the Zvezda crewmen.

Painting was by Tamiya acrylics, washing and dry-brushing by cheap tubed acrylic. The wooden fencing was cut from ice-cream sticks, the base from some old scrap, groundwork from somebody's garden.